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Instapot recipes please
My sister bought me an instapot and I have yet to use it. Anyone care to share their low calorie meals? Or tips? I'm short with metabolism issues so I try to keep to 1200 calories a day which makes it all the more difficult. My husband always talks about losing a little weight (at most he probably could lose 20 pounds) but…
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Malnutrition
I've done some googling but didn't come up with any answers to my question. How soon do signs of malnutrition appear? Say you're eating a lower calorie diet (1200) so its probably easy to not eat enough of certain nutrients. How soon could one tell? Some background as to why I'm asking: I feel like my eyebrows have…
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My weight loss is not symmetric!
I've lost almost 20 lbs in the last two months. This morning looking in the mirror for the first time closely I noticed my sides / muffin top do not look the same! My right side is almost flat or smooth and my left hip has an obvious fat bump. I hadn't noticed before because underwear and pants will squish my fat in enough…
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That time of the month and extra weight loss
For the women out there... I have heard many women experience a woosh around/after that time of the month. How much weight do you lose around that time? I just had my first real period in 7 years (got off BC, no periods in that time) and I lost 5lbs in 6 days. This makes my total weight loss 19.5lbs in just under 6 weeks.…
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I bought a food scale, and I havent been eating what I thought!
After reading over and over how people need to buy food scales to more accurately log their food, I knew I had to get one, but had to wait for extra money. Yesterday I came home and the first thing I did was weight one of my favorite snacks, toast with cream cheese. I just eyeball it on the knife. Measuring spoons get too…
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Not sleeping well...exercise?
Really wasn't sure where to put this topic! For almost a week now I've not been able to get a good nights sleep! I toss and turn and constantly wake up. Maybe its cause the days are getting longer and the sun is starting to come up now around the same time I get up... But maybe its something I'm doing? I've been exercising…
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Future TTC and Gestational Diabetes.
Perhaps a niche topic... Went off BC a month ago because we want to TTC. I'm 172lbs 5'2" and want to get to at least 130 (ultimately). I had my daughter six years ago and I weighed 130-135 before conceiving. I gained a lot of weight (130 and ballooned to 192lbs: much of it was "water weight" as it fell off within 2 weeks…
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Is it bad to eat under 1000 calories once in a while?
Yesterday was a school holiday, so I slept in. Woke up around 11, had coffee, and went to do a couple hours of renovations at my parents house (I never eat breakfast cause I'm not hungry till a few hours after waking). For the whole day I logged 690 calories (error could be up to 50 calories). I went over protein…
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Splenda/Truvia VS. Sugar
I've seen some debate on this and wanted some further insight on this subject. About two years ago I started drinking coffee and I have to have it sweet so I've always used (4) Splenda (until I run out, then its sugar). I was having as many as 2-5 cups (usually caffeinated) a day. I decided, to stay ahead of health issues,…
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How did I lose 6lbs in my first week?
I finished logging my first full, dedicated week on Saturday. I do 2-3 30-40 minute workouts 6 days/week burning 500-750 calories a day. I keep as close to 1200 calories a day (some days I have to force myself to get those last 200-300 food calories in.) At my weigh in It showed a 6 pound loss! From 182lbs to 175.5lbs. I'm…
